RENTON, Wash. (AP) - Players have been altering bats for decades in a bid to improve their grip - adding pine-tar or some specialized grip tape, maybe shaving the handle slightly to make it thinner.

You may have noticed a trend of major-league players using brightly colored bat grips in recent seasons. Bats that were once adorned only by pine tar buildup and cleat marks were now wrapped with a ...

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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill., Aug. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As Major League Baseball enters the stretch run, front offices across the league have spent the last month wheeling and dealing—adding arms, stacking ...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - The Tour de France is a long way from the Toronto Blue Jays’ spring training clubhouse. But a Utah-based company has managed to find a home in both places for its products. Lizard ...

Baton Rouge-based Marucci Sports has acquired a Utah-based company that is the official bat grip for Major League Baseball. Marucci Sports bought Lizard Skins which sells branded grip products, ...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Players have been altering bats for decades in a bid to improve their grip — adding pine-tar or some specialized grip tape, maybe shaving the handle slightly to make it thinner.